diff --git a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
index c9e3e050ccc8631b434aac45d3001c77be5798b0..88dc3f00a5be73be0a4ae5c1369e827858123bc9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/host/sdhci-of-arasan.c
@@ -832,7 +832,10 @@ static int sdhci_arasan_probe(struct platform_device *pdev)
 		host->mmc_host_ops.start_signal_voltage_switch =
 					sdhci_arasan_voltage_switch;
 		sdhci_arasan->has_cqe = true;
-		host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CQE | MMC_CAP2_CQE_DCMD;
+		host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CQE;
+
+		if (!of_property_read_bool(np, "disable-cqe-dcmd"))
+			host->mmc->caps2 |= MMC_CAP2_CQE_DCMD;
 	}
 
 	ret = sdhci_arasan_add_host(sdhci_arasan);